Organic Growers School Spring Conference in North Carolina

Early Bird registration for the 17th Annual OGS Spring Conference is now open!

Join over 1300 farmers, gardeners, activists, and consumers March 6 & 7, 2010 at the University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNCA) for the southeast’s largest sustainable living conference. If you register before February 12th at 5pm, just $40 per day buys you a general registration, and access to over 70 classes per day! The 6th annual Childrens Program is for kids aged 7-12, and costs $30 per day. Additional hands on workshops and cooking classes are $5 each. REGISTER NOW!!!

The Organic Growers School is a non profit organization based in Western North Carolina. The Organic Growers School Spring Conference is a one-of-a-kind event that brings people of all walks of life together for a weekend of learning and networking near Asheville, North Carolina. Since 1993, the OGS Spring Conference has been the best way to kick-off the season, with over 70 classes and hands on workshops per day, on a variety of topics, from starting your first vegetable garden, baking bread, and saving on home energy costs, to raising your own goat herd and fine-tuning aspects of your commercial farm operation. In 2009 over 1300 people from 17 states and Canada attended this event.

The mission of the conference is to provide down-to-earth, practical advice on growing and sustainable living, while remaining affordable and accessible to anyone wanting to participate.

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Beginning Farmers offers information on how to start a farm, planning a new farm, funding resources and finding land to start your farm on. We cover all areas of farming from raising chickens and goats to mushroom production, and urban farms to business farming. Internships and employment opportunities posted regularly.